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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

On being searched, che house was discov-
cred to be 9 Nihilist rendezvous.
M. Deroulede, in an interview il.
Paris, gave the apathy and timidity which
the government had shown in dealing with
Germany as the reason for his resigning
of the French patriotic league.
The Spanish congress has vetoed a
a bill to subsidize a transatlantic company
for mail and transport service at the rate
Of Z shillings and 6 pence per mile. s
Gladstone writes a letter in which he
tries to make the English understand how
much the people of the United States are
interested in Irish laws.
On the 21st a sharp shock of earth
quake was experienced over the whole
Island Of Jersey in the British Channel.
The Mexican congress has passed the
constitutional amendment, which is equiv
alent to a reelection of President Diaz.
The Paris Temps says the malady
from which the German crown prince is
suffering is cancer of the tongue.
The French government will demand
an explanation from Germany before TAX
ing action.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

Alexander Mitchell, the famous millionaire
and railway magnate of the Northwest,
died rather suddenly at the Hoffman house
at New York City, at 1925 Tuesday after
noon, April 10, of bronchial pneumonia,
complicated by intermittent malarial
fever: He had passed the winter at his
Florida residence, where his wife still is,
and reached New York April 2. In the
Southern climate he contracted malaria,
and was quite i'll on reaching New York,
but until the Wednesday before his death had
not been confined to his room. His remains
have been forwarded to Milwaukee for
burial. Mr.. Mitchell was born Oct. 10, 1917,
in the parish of Elton, Central Aberdeen
shire, Scotland. Elton is about midway be-
tween Aberdeen and Peterhead, and six or
eight miles back from the North sea coast.
In this quiet farming region his father, John
Mitchell, was an industrious and substantial
farmer, a man of vigorous intellect, self
reliance and probity. He was of English
stock, his father having removed to Aber-
deenshire about the middle of the eighteenth
century. Mr.. Mitchell's mother was of pure
Scottish descent. Alexander was the sixth
Of nine children of John and Margaret Lien
drum) Mitchell; all of the nine grew up to
maturity, but only two now survive. Alex
ander grew up on his fathers farm, under
the care Of his eldest sister, Margaret, his
mother having died In his childhood. He
enjoyed the advantages of the parish schools,
which seem to have been of an unusual
high character.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27
THE L WORLD.

An Irish non-commissioned officer Of
artillery, who has been employed conf
d~entially in the ordnance office at Woolwich
arsenal, has been degraded and dismissed
without trial for selling secrets of the de-
partment. A civilian accomplish was also
dismissed.
Six of the men arrested for COM
plicity in the plot to assassinate the Gear,
which was to have been. carried out on
March ID, awe been sentenced to death
The other conspirators have been
sentenced to imprisonment for life.
On the 10Th. evictions were resumed
on Lord Lansdowne's estate Messrs,
O'Brien and Kilbridge will sail for Canada
on Sunday to denounce Lord Transformers
course.
At Dublin, Ireland, the lord mayor
has called a meeting for the purpose Of
taking steps towards the erection Of q
national memorial to MIR. Gladstone.
a chorister in the military academy
church, 81. Pe~tersburgh, committed suicide
by jumping from a window Of his house.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

The following is a proclamation
made at the Market cross of Inyerary,
Scotland, less than hundred years
ago. TIA hoy! TIE .lther a hoy! Ia
hoy three times! !! an to hoy-Whist!!
BY command of His Majesty, King
George, and Her Grace te Duke O
Argyll: If anybody is found fishing
aboont tie loch, or below te loch, afore
fe loch, OF ahind te loch, in tie loch, or
on tie loch, aroun' te loch, or about tie
loch, she's to be persecutit wi three
prosecutions; first She to be burnt,syne
she's to be drownt, an then she's sobe
hangt-an if ever she comes back she's
TO be persecutit wi a far Waur death.
God W. te King an Her Grace te
Duke Q Argyll
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27
NEWS.

Upon a question submitted to him
Attorney General Clapp, of Minnesota, has
issued IN opinion as to the status of villages
under the General Laws of 1885, holding that
villages so Incorporated are separate cleo
ton districts. TIL Attorney General SAYS:
'It must be confessed that it has generally
been regarded that such villages did not
constitute separate election districts, and
the law is not as plain as the Importance Of
the subject would merit" After quoting
from the law at much length he concludes:
II nave given at some length the ground
upon which my opinion is based that they
are separate election districts, and that the
electors of such villages have no right to
vote at town meetings, and that villages
and towns should be regarded as separate
election districts for the purpose of general
elections" 81 RI " y 2 y
There is much speculation as to a
successor to the late Alexander Mitchell in
the Presidency of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul r. R. John L. Mitchell, Mr..
Mitchell's only son, has frequently been
spoken of as q possible successor of his
father. 1t has been rumored that the gem
al offices of the road would be removed to
Chicago on Mr.. Mitchen's demise. The
character Of the company, however, stipu-
lates thcir location in Wisconsin and the
president must also be a resident of that state.
1t Is thought that JOnn flanklntOn or Mil
waukee or Phil d. Armour OF Chicago, both
of whom are heavily inter ,sted in the st.
Paul, will succeed Mr.. Mitchell.
A dispatch from Mandan says that
there is every reason to believe that Post
master Cannon of Fort Lincoln committed
suicide. Postal Inspector Stewart says
Cannon's salary depended on the number
of stamps cancelled. Instead of keeping &C
count every day, Cannon struck an
average. While there is reason to believe
that he did this in ignorance of the law,
the. inspector told Cannon that he was
liable to be imprisoned for five to ten years
for the ofense. 1t is believed that the
Inspectors exaggeration of possible results
preyed On Cannon's mind and unsettled
it. Bondsmen Lyon and Lang of Mandan
have charge of the office,
The American Institute of Mining
engineers have reported ~favorably on the
plan to hold the next annual session at
Duluth. Mimi, and they will probably
attend in June, although the date is not
definitely decided as yet. II they come
they will undoubtedly visit the verminion
range in a body. In the ranks of the
society are about 100 experts who have
been attracted toward the Vermillion
range by the report of John Birkinbine, of
Philadelphia, one of the officers of the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27
died and Bernard surrendered himself "a

died and Bernard surrendered himself to
the police.
The Iron Trade Review of Cleveland
will publish statistics showing that during
the bast16 months 1872 natural gas and oil
companies have been Incorporated in Ohio
with an aggregate capital stock of $4,000.
GOO. Applications for new charters are at
present coming into the secretary Of state
at the rate of two or three q day.
The German steamer Raiatea burned.
at sea Feb. 13. The crew and passengers
escaped in boats, and after much suffering
We're cast upon an island in the Toumutu
group, whence they made their way to
Tahiti. One passenger died the rest Of the
passengers and crew arrived safely in San
Francisco Saturday.
Pat Maloney, aged IS, employed at
the rounihouse Of tho Kansas City Railroad
in Memphis, Tenn, was burned to death
early Sunday morning by the destruction Of
9 clearinghouse in which he was sleeping,
thirty other inmates making their escape.
Prof. james Law, of Cornell uni
versity, a member Of the national bureau Of
animal industry, has arrived in Chicago
with authority to take all necessary steps
for the suppression Of pleuro-pneumonia
49, SSAAN ~J~SSAS ~oS -' De-. IT, .@IE.
Maj. Gen. Terry, who commands
the division of the Missouri, will discharge
the duties of general commanding the de-
partment of the Missouri until a successor is
appointed to succeed Gen. Wilcox, retired.
The West Virginia Legislature met in
extra session on Wednesday. Tuesday May
8, is the day set apart to begin balloting for
United States senator, and it is generally
believed that there will be al election.
The gross public debt of Canada,
March 81, was $270,34O, 146; net debt, s225,--1
S65, SSl revenue from the sale Of dominion
lands last year, homesteads and pre-emp-
ton sales. $5OS, BAL; leases, $1s6,61s.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
has issued a new set of rules governing the
preston and extirpation Of pleuro-pneumo-
Mia and other infectious diseases.
F. M. Fonda, General Superintendent
of the Central Railroad of Georgia, was ac-
~cidentally shot and killed Sunday afternoon
by j. J. Abrams. a lawyer of Savannah.
They were out on a pleasure trip .
The steamer City of Sydney, which
arrived at San Francisco April 81, from
China and Japan, brought $780, 900 trade dol
lars which are to be redeemed for standard
dollars.
COMMANDMENTS Chief Fairchild of the
Grand Army of the Republic has issued a
secrated to the memory Of the fallen SOL
diers.
Major John E. Blaine, Paymaster.
U. s. A., died at Hot Springs, Ark, April
81. He was SO years of age and had been in
the army since 1868.
Toledo, Ohio, elected the Repub-
lican city ticket at the Monday election.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27
GOSSIP.

A few days since n of the State de-
partment officials holding the closest per-
sonal relations with the Secretary left on a
confidential mission to be absent two
months. It is conjectured that his mission
may have some bearing on the fisheries
question, and that he may be instructed to
interests would be willing to acrept, as sug-
gested by Salisbury, q provisional renewal
Of the Washington treaty, without any in
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

QUEEN VICTORIA is much pleased
with a photograph recently taken of
herself by a new process, which is de-
scribed as making the picture look ex-
actly like an etching.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

Chester A. Arthur, during his sopho-
more year at Union college,. was COM
PEELED to leave college and teach a vii
lage school at Schaghticoke, Rensselaer,
county, N. Y, for the narrow remuner-
alton of $15 a month. 1t is remarkable
how many of our presidents were peda-
gogues before they became statesmen.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

EAGLES have played havoc with
young lambs in Grant county, Oregon,
this spring. One farmer lost nine
lambs in one day. The method of the
eagle is to swoop down upon a help.
less little lamb and knock him over,
and then with another swoop pick him
up and carry him away, to be eaten at
leisure. ss..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

IT is said the tide of travel across the
Atlantic has set in so strongly toward
Europe that some of the steamships
have been forced to suspend the issue
of eastward tickets,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

PRINCESS VALERIE, the Emperor of
Austria's second daughter, has just
published some charming verses in an
annual periodical connected with a
charitable institution for children.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

A COPY of "The General Laws and
Liberties of the Massachusetts, Colony"
printed in Cambridge in 1872, was re-
Gently purchased by a Bostonian for
the low sum of So. It is one of the
two copies known to be in existence.
The Boston man was offered $3.50 for
his treasure two days after his pur-
chase, but refused it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

A REGARD ring is n set with stones
the initial letters of which, when set in
a certain order. spell the word regard.
They are IS follows: l., ruby; 2 en-
erald; 8, garnet; 4, amethyst; 5, ruby;
g., diamond.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

DURING the recent cold spell a man
came into Remove, Pa, from Tamarack
swamp, Drinking with him seven
gronnd-hogs which he had found frozen
to death on the mountain road leading
to Remove. yes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27
IN THE EAST.

Henry Willio, a professional magi-
clan, who has been searching over tho con-
tinent for a dozen years for two children he
lost in Jamaica, discovered one of them in
the Industrial School at Rochester, N. Y,
the discovery being effected Ey the aid of
the Chicago Humane Society. The new
found child is a promising young woman of
children happened to be left temporarily
without protection, and were taken by q fe-
male trapeze performer. 80
Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire
iron manufacturer, was married Friday
night April %, to Miss Whitfield, daughter
of the late Jno. W. Whitfield, at the brides
residence, IS West Forty-eighth street, New
York city. The marriage was a very. quiet
one, and only a few of the most intimate
friends of the bride and groom were pres
ent. =
On the 21st, Walter Chase, of Gin
ton, Maine, was fatally shot by his brother
aged about II years. The latter had been
out cunning and returned to his brothers.
house, making a great noise. Walter went
to the door, demonstrated with him and
turned to go into the house, whereupon the
young man fired upon him. Chase about
a year ago exhibited signs of insanity.
At $50 a. NJ, April %, fire broke
out in the so called Bulkhead market sta.
bles, at New York City, where 1000 horses
are kept. The premises were practically
destroyed but only seven horses we're burn
ed, and these were large team animals
worth $4,000. The loss upon the building
was $4,000. -,
Six men, hired a s~ixteen-foot cat
boat at C~ommunipaw Sunday last and set
sail for Bayonne on Long Island. Two of
the men left the BOAT at Pamrapro. There
is little doubt that the other four were
drowned. Their boat was found on the 10Th,
upside down and with sails set, evidently
having capsized. M E
. Tuesday afternoon, at Lancaster,
Pa, the Chicago limited express struck
John Becker, his wife and two-year-old
Pennsylvania railroad in that city, killing
both parents instantly The child was
found on the cow-catcher uninjured.
Fifty-four German priests of New
York have signed a memorial to Archbishop
Carrigan, d~enouncing the false representa-
tions of the press, and assuring him of their
loyalty to him and the church, and their
d%isapproval Of NcGlynn's views and de
fiance. =. ..~.. . .. 81.
"Old Sport" the horse hich Gen.
Fitzpatrick rode in his famous expeditions
during the war, died on the 21st, at Dicker-
SON. N. Y. He was thirty-three years old.
Frank M. Scott the bookkeeper of
Webster Il Co., of New York, who embez-
zled $l0,450, received a sentence of six years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

The ex-Empress Eugene enjoyed
better health at Naples and received
more company han she had before
since her sons death.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

The New York Assembly has passed
a bill providing for a holiday on the
first Monday in September, to be known
as ''La or Day." and making Satur-
days half-holidays.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

Four thousand pennies were given at
An Easter collection in one of the
churches in Kingston, N. Y. 1t took
some time to count the coins.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

ONE of the industries of the boys and
girls at Lowyille, N. Y, is the gather.
ing of spruce gum. A great many
make over SIS a day.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

1T is estimated by a correspondent of
the Paris Matin that the republic costs
France $500, 900, 900 francs more year.
~ than the monarchy. 7~%v"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

A WOMAN of Spartanburg, S. G.
while carrying an arm load of wood,
was attacked recently by a rabid dog,
but dropping a portion of her load, she
pitched into the dog and killed him
with a Climb.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

An electrical railway has been tried
e1perimentally at Orange, N. j., with
the best results. Eight miles an hour
were accomplished with the greatest
ease.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27
HoW's
Your liver7

Is the Oriental salutation,
knowing that good health
cannot exist without a
healthy Liver. When the
Liver is torpid che Bow
els are sluggish and con-
stipated, the food lies
in the stomach undi-
gested, poisoning the
blood; frequent headache
ensues a feeling Of lassi-
tude, dependency and
nervousness indicate how
the whole system is de-
ranged. Simmons Liver
Regulator has been the
means Of restoring more
people to health and
happiness by giving them
a healthy Liver than any
agency known on earth.
It acts with extraor-
d;nory,n nunr and nmnocv
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27
NOTES OF THE TIMES.
EIGHT thousand people + fed daily
by one New York restaurant.

PAULINE LUCIA, the distinguished
cantatrice, has received the medal for
art and science from thesPrince Regent
of Bavaria. i
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

BISHOP JOHN WILLIAMS of the Do
cese of Connecticut is now the senior
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of America.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27
power and efficacy,
nEvEa SEEN p,sAppolNrro,

Asageneral family remedy for Dyspepsia,
Torpid Liver, Constipation, etc.. hardly
ever use anything else, and have never
been disappointed In the effect produced;
diseases of the Stomach and Bowels.
WI. MoELRoY, Macon, das,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-27

O'Clock. There were II killed at different
points throughout the county and an in
~calculable amount of damage was lone to
all kinds OF property. Prescott was literally
ing being left standing to mark the site of q
once prosperous and thriving village.
Norfolk, Va. was visited with a
cyclone on the 10Th. It's track was about
100 yards wide. The house of John Wright.
six miles north OF Suffolk, was completely
demolished. Mr.. Wright and his wife and
young sister and James Luke were in the
house at the time. Mrs. Wright and Mr..
Luke were killed, the young girl fatally
injured, and MI. Wright seriously hurt.
Much other damage was done to property
along the path Of the cyclone.
The board of Trade Of Los Angeles.
CAL, has adopted a resolution asking the
Interstate Commerce Commissioners to
State Commerce law, as the fruit and wine
crops of California will 0 o mature and
the manufacturers, packers, and shippers
fear to make contracts for the raw pro
ducts, owing to the heavily increased
freights under the Interstate law.
Mackay and Flood, the California
bonanza kings, are squeezing the San Fran.
cisco wheat market, and some big failures
are looked for. The small operators are
imploring the Produce Exchange Board to
save them by putting into effect Rule Z of
the board, which provides that when there
is a fictitious market the board may estab
lish a price for fulfllment of contracts.
John T. Fernandez and Henry
Bernard, members Of a New Orleans
f.no;no o1,,hE had q friand1u aat+o S,Indox
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-08
A Professional Scribe's Secrets.

There is a man in West Eighteenth street
who makes living by writing letters and
other matter for uneducated people. He is
a gaunt, loose jonted individual with tangled
hair and rusty black clothes. Judging by
the samples of work he displays, he looks
more literary than he really is. Nis custom
ers, however, are not judges Of style, and as
he can make himself understood in several
languages he is well enough qualified for his
task.
Mine is a regularly recognized calling on
the continent" he SAID, "and many poor stu
dents and parish priests help to support
themselves by it, In this country there are
no professional scribeS, and l ain obliged TO
advertise for customers. Most of nay work
comes from people who nave become suddenly
rich and find themselves moving about in So
ciety they are unaccustomed TO- The men
don't trouble themselves about such d tIifle as
neglected education, but the women are more
ambitious. ! find the work almost mechani-
cal. | write moro letters than anything else,
but there is n steady demand for invitations
and original matter for autograph albums
Ny customers are from almost every rank in
life except the more refined, and servant girls
come here daily to have love letters written
"The young men who have come from the
country to try their luck in the great
metropolis feel it duty to write home once
Ill a while,n continued the scribe. "Tbey are
very stupid il regard to what they have to
say, and can think Of little except that the
weather is very warm, that they are getting
along nicely, and hope every one is well at
home. keep model letter all prepared for
these people, giving a description OF the prin-
cipal sights of the city, and have only to fill
up the blanks with the names of their sisters
and cousins and auntS. But the work I find
the most difficult is the composing of original
matter for autograph albums, such as acros-
ties, etc. Lovers are rather hard to please, but
never haggle about the price. have stock
of set rhymes and sentiments constantly on
hand or | would never get along at all, be-
cause my Imagination is not as lively as it
used To be. Next week I'm going into part
nership With young man who can counter
felt all styles Of handwriting, and then we
will have the best equipped Office of its kind
il the city."-New York Evening Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-08
A Badly Scared Fireman.

There is no royal road TO security against
the occurrence OF low water. The best safe-
guards arc a set of good gauge cocks on the
boiler and competent man in charge 4
battery Of boilers was fitted with a low water
detector, one OF the kind which sets off a ten
horse whistle VIXEN the water approaches the
lower limit The fireman was told that "the
whistle would blow when the water got too
low in the boilers All went we'll, and the
fireman had nearly forgotten about the alarm,
when one day he let the water get low. OF
went the whistle, and so did the fireman.
Thinking the alarm meant that the boilers
were on the point OF explosion, he too.1 20 his
heels and made good time until be was at
least half mile from the boiler house. Had
not some one who understood the operation
Of the alarm made an investigation and
started tine feed pump, serious damage to tho
boilers would have reSulted-The Locomo-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-08
California Explosions

via. the Missouri Pacific, EFT. Scott route"
will leave Wichita Thursday Nov. Bird, 10TH
18th, 9th, and Dec. 10th. This is the great
southern route, especially during the fall
and winter months, by reason of the
delightful climate aud many places of in
terest through which it passes, affords a
more genuinesly pleasurable trip than
other route. This is the only line taking
passengers via the southern route and
giving. them the privilege of return
ing via. the Denver & Rio Grande Ry.,
the Silence line of America with stopover
at Salt Lake. Utah. Pullman and free
family sleeperS run through with one
change. SO round trip. good six months,
and choice of rouUs returning, with stop
over privileges at any point. Cheap one
way excursions same dates and same
trains. An imploy of this company ac-
companies all excursions, whose duty it is
to look after the comfort of the excursion
lists. For tickets. maps and ali informa-
tod. apply TO y. c. keeran. p & T. a,
127 n Main l43-tf